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UK Intercountry Adoptees Webinar

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ICAV UK shares a panel of intercountry adoptee answers to questions asked by UK adoptive parents from AdoptionUK via a webinar run on 30 Jan 2023.

Adoptee Artists

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Art is an incredibly powerful tool to convey the complexities of lived experience in adoption. Here is a compilation of the artwork presented at ICAV.

Adoptees at the Hague Special Commission

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Lynelle shares the history of adoptee led organisation involvement at the Hague Special Commission meetings and the importance of adoptee voices being included.

The Trauma Inherent in Relinquishment and Adoption

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Lynelle's recent Podcast interview with Doc Shauna Springer on the trauma inherent in adoption.

Participating in The Colour of Difference: Long Term Outcomes

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Lynelle shares how participating in PARCs book project to produce The Colour of Difference changed her life and began the adoptee network InterCountry Adoptee Voices.

What’s the Future of Intercountry Adoption?

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Presentation by Lynelle Long at the CHIP Webinar on 18 Feb 2022 on the topic: Respecting the Child's Right to Identity in Intercountry Adoption

Governments Finally Recognising Illicit and Illegal Intercountry Adoption Practices

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This is one common scenario, it doesn't cover children overtly stolen from hospitals and many other ways I'm an adoptee remaining hopeful I’m very excited and feeling hopeful after hearing Belgium’s recent news, that their Minister has announced his intention to ask Parliament to suspend all adoptions for the next 2 years as a result …

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Lifelong Impacts of Identity Loss

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Lynelle shares about the impact of identity loss in intercountry adoption, including the views of other adoptees to help build a more in-depth understanding.

The Legacy and Impacts of Abuse in Adoption

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Lynelle's part 2 of 3 on Sexual Abuse within Adoption.